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With advances in modern aquariums it's recently bacame possible to have a piece of coral reef at home and enjoy it in the privacy of your living room without getting wet with saltwater aquarium.

The aquarium has a long history and maintaining an aquarium has become immensely popular worldwide; a person who owns or maintains an aquarium is known as an aquarist. Aquaria can come in a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. They are typically constructed of glass or high-strength plastic. Cuboid aquaria are also known as fish tanks or simply tanks, while bowl-shaped aquaria are also known as fish bowls. Size can range from a small glass bowl to immense public aquaria. A number of components are used to maintain appropriate water quality and characteristics suitable for the aquarium's residents. There are many types of aquaria, classified by the organisms maintained or the type of environment that is mimicked.

Reef Tanks

Saltwater aquarium is another name for a marine aquarium.


Reef Tank

Reef TankA reef aquarium or reef tank is an aquarium containing live corals and other animals associated with coral reefs. In recent years, advancements in our knowledge of the reef coupled with more refined reef maintenance techniques have allowed the reef tank to become much more accessible to the hobbyist.[citation needed] These aquarium setups vary from having many fish that vary from clorinating fish and spawning fish, which attempt to recreate life specific to one region of the world like the Great Barrier Reef, to the more prevalent and often spectacularly colored mixed reef that blend hard and soft corals from around the world. Unlike the marine aquarium, the main purpose of which is to house various types of fish, the true stars of the reef tank are the coral and other invertebrates.

Salwater aquarium

Blenny in marine tank saltwater aquarium or marine aquarium is an aquarium that keeps marine plants and animals in a contained environment. Marine aquaria are further subdivided by hobbyists into fish only (FO), fish only with live rock (FOWLR), and reef aquaria. Marine fishkeeping is different from its freshwater counterpart because of the fundamental differences in the constitution of saltwater and the resulting differences in the adaptation of its inhabitants. A stable marine aquarium also requires more equipment than freshwater systems, and the aquarium inhabitants are often more expensive to acquire.

 
Top Reef Tank News
03/09/2010
Economic Slump Leads to Neglect of Aquariums (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Fish Supplies store MarineDepot.com says tighter wallets cause fish owners to cut back on aquarium supplies to the point of ignoring their fish. more info

03/05/2010
On the Market: British Colonial-style home on Indian Road in Palm Beach's North End (Palm Beach Daily News)
When Lorrie Fromson decided to remodel her two-story British Colonial-style home at 304 Indian Road on the northern tip of Palm Beach last year, she knew just the person to call: John Mitchell, who had built the house to her specifications in 1986. more info

03/04/2010
Fort Worth zoo exhibit opens to delight of kids, grown-ups (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
The herpetarium, which will open to the public Saturday, features 5,000 animals. more info

02/25/2010
Mall aquarium in Dubai springs a leak, douses shoppers (Boulder Weekly)
BEIRUT — When you're shopping for a pair of Seven jeans or ankle boots, you wouldn't expect to be met by a flood of saltwater and the imminent specter of sharks. But shoppers at the Dubai Mall faced just that prospect Thursday when the center's massive aquarium sprung a leak. more info



 
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